The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-03

which man may easily learn his
lesson.
SHERMAN ON GRANT, THOMAS
AND LEE.
Ia Macmillan's Magazine for March,
1877, published In London and New York,
appears a most interesting article Of ten
pages from the pen of Gen. Lord W0lseley,
lwhiehl concludes with the following para
sr!aISs; .,,,...,u,r,e..,,,., ,or..d hv
cession are buried with those which existed
when the Declaration Of Independence was
written, whom Americans can review the HIS |
tory OF their last great rebellion with calm |
lmpaIti ,lity, l believe all viii admit that
side Of that struggle. i believe he will BIO
regarded, net only as the most prominent |
squire Of the Coincidence, but as the great |
American OF the nineteenth century. whose
pedestal with that Of Washington, and whose |
memory 10 equal y worthy to be onshrined in |
the hearts Of all 20 coultrymen.'
ENGLAND has lion gn5 6SHH SSnHS S
race that her authors, critics and ofhcials
seem TO forget that times are changing.
have changed. Tbs United Kingdom OF
srt1, az a N %S IN lSe
Of III ,6Tl square milos; whereas the United
Statos Of America had 10000 900 Of Teople. |
with 3.60t,9V square miles of territory.
Great Britain Is c I,I, whereas ia our
for 800 900 900 Of inhabitant'. All q these
are taught tho English language. believe in |
tho Bible, Shakespeare, Milf n, Walter
sSo 80 p ESSS was5sy a psaoS.a, SR
tS s''I Tor themselves. Ghoy have
hid tweniy-sne years for thought
and reflection since the smoke and
and have sottled down to the conclusion
that Abraham Lincoln was the great civil
hero q the Wat, and Ulysses 8. Grant va.
the chief military hero. All that Is
Loo 10 oss. and We will cherish 1t, and we
will be charitable TO his weaknesses; but SO
long a. tho public record tells us Of U. 3.
Grant aRS dsorgs II. Thomas, We cannot be
ments like these Of Nelson and Wellington
in London, we'll worthy to stand side BY side
with the enc which now graoes our capital
city 81 "deorEe Washingtcn;" OF
to encourage rebellion against law lul author
lty; sAd of ell men in England, General
Lord Welteley 10 the lastiwho should justify
and upholt treason. Ireland. TO- day, has
land which the South had in 1851. and when
seme future Emmtt mani ests the transcen-
dent qualities which scintillato and sparkle
In tho Irish character, and some enthusiastic
hh0FlObu unuluuub MN huu bWhEuh ulm
tional honors. then will General Wolseloy,
or his successor In Office. understand the
feelings OF US In America, who, though silent,
watch tho worlds progress toward the con.
elusion in which truth and justice must
when the une comes TO award monuments
| for services In the civil war, the American
| people will be fully prepared to select the
subjects without hint or advice from abroad.
The above is taken from the May
number OF the North American Reviev
and is from the pen OF General Sher-
man. 1t Is full Of bitterness and the
venomous feeling OF which the South
has had 30 many manifestations from
both the Shermans. 50 far as
Wolsley's estimate Of Lee goes it ia
excellent and discriminating. Neither
In the fisld nor in after civil life had
Lse an equal among Americans. He
had every moral quality IN t mSkel
for greatness In man. He was 81
well, 80 evenly balanced that justice
Ia him never slept HIS could no
have been the tool OF partisans Il
bring about the ruin Of Black Fri
a day, he never could have been com
, promised by whisky ring, he neve
could have been induced 10 becom
, the partner OF a Ward. Lees general
ship Glands out conspicuously a
afiording high lessons in the art G
r war, some Of the highest the civil wa
8 has left us. For four years he with
\ stood the shock Of great armies, an
4 not until the South became, as Grsn
himself eaid, as an empty shell, dit
a he succumb, aud then 1t was to over
!. whelming numbers. Ga the two occt
\ sions when he invaded the North
4 what was the record he nader TIL
a enemy on neither occasion coul
a pursue him. He retired at his leiSur
:. across the Potomac, and took up on
y OF the old and we'll known lines Of DIT
= Tense. He was under all circumstan
= ces OF victory or defeat the perfet
= type Of human dignity. He was tn
a fullness and completeness Of the idet
e man, the best product OF the Soutl
a Thomas was a good soldier, and migt
\ with opportunity have been gres
"a one. But he was SoutherAer, an
n a Virainian, and on that account wa
a held back. A feeling Of dlstrust WI
~ manufactured, aud under Its clou
"a Thomas was kept in subordinatioI
!. Grants conduct towards hiI
:. when he was confronting til
"a impetuous Hood at Nasl
Vile was fair sample Of the genei
line Of treatment by the Federal al
thorities OF Thomas. When Mncol
IA was looking about for commando
ia for the army Of the Potomac Thomi
n was never mentioned. The jealous
m among federal Federal officers, whic
A. will make an interesting chapter In
at history OF the civil war, was combine
adj against him, and was . barrier tn
in his dignity would not permit him
NJ encounter. Thomas was q good 81
ea der, and 10 worthy the honors pa
10 to his memory, But Lee was abo
mn them oil. Lee was the peerless mi
,ia and colder. His figure towers like
m colossus above all his contemporaries
nR the greatest soldier, the greatest mi
IN Of the civil war. His was an exsmT
40 OF unimpaired strength to the la
'NV his character never lapsed from :
no consistent dignity that made him WI
on Wolseley painted him, and this W
- | Ia the u.rhirl Of "a IaAnru